The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-07


port furnished the Secretary OF the
Interior, says that at the end OF the
fi'cal year ended June 30th lset the
office was well up with the business
in charge. The number Of applica-
tions for pstsnts Of all kinds received
during the Il al year was 40,67S; for
the g zeal year ending June 80, 1885,
the number was 3S,40S. The Com
missioner TeneNs the rscommepda
ton Of his predecessors, that the
Patent OFF 20 be furnished With more
room and grester facilities aud that
the model hall and library rooms be
restored and repaired. Referring to
the deialcation oil L nancial Clerk L.vi
Bacon, deceased, TIE Commissioner
says that the shortage was s3l DOL,
against which were found due bills,
miscellaneous memoranda, ETC.,
amounting to sl5,0ll, From the Az
gregate OF the dur bills 5000 have
been collected, leaving SO, 422 as the
pr, sent deficiency.
TIE number OF patents granted
during the year, inc uding reissues
AID designs, was 2l,73!; number OF
trade marks registered, IDOL; number
OF labels registered, 1854, number OF
pate nts expired, IL, 1872,
The rec. lots CT the tifi,e aggregate
81 ,l50.0i8; expenditures, 1881 GA
turplu', SI6s, 400
BAYAkD AND COUNT sIrKIIcsEcz. p.
The sudden and unavoidable do.
parture Of secretary Baysrd from
Washington. this morning, prevented
the Chinese ENJOYS and Count Nit
kiecwefz from calling on him. Nothing
is known at tue Department OF State
OF the conc sslon beyond that con.
tanned In the off ,isl adviois from the
Unitsd sta,ee Contul st Tienstin, al
ready Published. Unleee the Vice.
roy's Letter 10 Secretary Bsysrd throws
new light upon the m after tho Off .ials
OF the department ars q. q loss 10 know
how the Unit d Slates. Governmen,
can aid the ENJOYS In the concession,
or even RECOGNIZES thom officially, 81 II
appears from the reports that theiI
mission Is purely personal.
MR,. CLEVELAND DEcLrSKs.
The following letter explains itself
"ExsouiIvs MANSION, [
"WAsHtsorOs, September 8. 1857.
"TheiIIon. Abrsm s. Houitt, maylr. No-
York 0ity. the Hoa. d, Ekman. President
Board Aldermen, the Hon. Jamei X. Fits.
gerald!
"GRsrLKuEs-I have received your
pleasing note req Nesting nee, on behali
OF the donors OF certain hsgs 20 b. pre-
scented to the New York Fire Depart
ment, az well ~ In behalf OF the ciii
s,us Of Yew York ger orally, and the
executive and Leeis atlve brsuches oil
the city government, 20 deliver the
cplors mentioned by tina Are depart
mept on such day la September a.
shall suit my convenience. Il woult
c-rtaiuly afford me pleasure 10 con
riblte IN any degree to the signi6
canoe OF this occasion, and TO the salts
faction Of the brave and gallant mer
whose services are thus 10 be recog
nixsd. / hope, however, that / shall moi
be- misunderstood when | base my de
clinaion Of your kind Invitation upor
my willingness b. assume that /, a
tue wife OF the President, ought q
participate 80 prominently 10 a public
ceremony In which no took no part
Your, very ttnlv,
"FRAScEs FOLSOM CLEVELAND"
The 10 ter Ia IA AIRS. Oleyoiand'l
handwriting.
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL ooSoRHss.
President Davis called the Ioter
natlonsl Medical Congress 10 ordeI
st IL O'Clock this m )rnipg and intro
duced DR.. Austin Flint, l.. l.. d., o
New York, who proceeded TO read hil
paper on fever, Its cause, mechanism
and rational treatment. Adjourned
until tomorrow.
Another case OF friction growing on
Of q Misunderstanding OF the facts a
occurred one Of the Ihsh physicians
Mr.. Murphy, OF Dublin, has written I
letter Withdrawing from the congress
becau % he felt sdronted at not bsinl
invited TO the banquet Of medical cd
itors last night. A letter has been sen
10 the doctor stating that the bapque
was not given under the auspices o
the congress, but OF some a the ind
vidual delegates TO IL, and tha, corso
quently the congress had no voice IN
the matter. A letter has been sent Il
tho doctor asking him, under the cir
cumstances 10 reconsider his action
The morning discussion at most Of IN,
sections were SHINY attended, a. mos
OF The doctors we're NJ the regula
se-eion at AlbAughe,. At some Of Oh,
sections no one but the secretary Of
Chairman Vas present
Not more than aIly persons, as .
rule, attended any one OF the Beotior
meeting, In the afternoon e the SAINT
time. Richard II. Oar, Of Baton
Rouge, La, read q very interesting
paper on the effects Of overhows on
the general health, blfore the section
on public and international hygiene
The conclusions arrived at were thai
oveiaows Ne q general thing were In
furious 10 health and that the extent
OF the hilary was dependent on the
duration OF the inundation and III
season; that its evil Ell scb are lessened
b. good drainage aud coplus showers
OF rain occurring daring the sus
sidencs Of the waters.
In the section relating 10 the die.
eases 81 children, one interesting paper
was by WIN. Stephenson, OF Aberdeen,
Sect and, on "fhe rate OF growth
In American children aSd It's bear.
inc on the investigation of diseased"
Oilers were; "rhe use OF cos's milk
In The isedlrg Of iniants," Pfoi. W,
o. Vaughan, Of the Uniyersiiy Of
Michigan, Ann AIbor; "Anatom cal
charso,ers OF membraneous Group, q,
observed In fatal casee In the New
York handling ssylum," p. North
RIM Nav York City; "R marks on
tuhsgs 81 the sloitis and The name,